Deadline: 10-Mar-21
The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon announces an open competition for applications to carry out a program to identify and celebrate, such as through an award ceremony, examples of high-quality journalism in Cameroon.
This grant will fund an award ceremony or other program for journalists, bloggers, and media outlets in Cameroon. The awards may cover different topics of reporting, including but not limited to: democracy, human rights, corruption/governance, COVID-19, health (non-Coronavirus topics), regional security, gender issues, press freedom, and environment (e.g. illegal mining, poaching, etc.).
Program Objectives
- Promote ethical, high-quality journalism in Cameroon by bringing positive attention to examples of excellence in the profession and recognizing best practices being observed.
- Encourage journalists practicing high-quality journalism to continue doing so.
- Raise awareness with the public and among journalists about what high-quality, ethical journalism looks like.
- Provide role models for other journalists, especially younger generations and journalism students, who to others demonstrate through their work that it is possible to practice high-quality journalism in the challenging Cameroonian context.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 2 to 6months
- Number of awards anticipated: 1award
- Award amounts: $18,000 to $25,000
- Total available funding: $25,000
Participants and Audiences
- Proposals must provide for consideration of the work, in English or French, of any Cameroonian journalist in print, broadcast, or online mediums, including professional bloggers and student journalists/interns, who are Cameroonian citizens working in Cameroon.
- This must be clearly communicated in any publication calling for submissions.
- All mediums of journalism should be included in a representative fashion.
- Younger journalists and journalism students are the primary audience for the program objectives, and proposed activities must include publicity that targets this audience, although the work of journalists of all ages should be evaluated to find the examples that best represent journalism excellence in Cameroon.
Eligibility Criteria
- PAS encourages applications from the United States and Cameroon:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks, community associations, and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience
- Individuals
- Non-profit media organizations
- Professional trade organizations
- Non-profit or governmental educational institutions
- For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330520